Olympics London 2012 Closing Ceremony - live blog

Digital Spy's live commentary on the London 2012 Olympics closure.

After two weeks of pure entertainment, drama, excitement, joy and tears, the London 2012 Olympic Games have come to a close.

To mark the end of one of Great Britain's proudest eras, the closing ceremony will showcase one grand party to say goodbye to the Games, before passing the torch to Rio for 2016.

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From Usain Bolt's double-treble, an amazing medal haul for Great Britain and the likes of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis becoming instant heroes, it has been a fortnight that will live long in the memory.

The event has been named a 'Symphony of British Music', which aims to celebrate the best of UK music, culture and fashion over the past decades. Muse, Spice Girls, Take That, The Who and George Michael are just some of the names expected to make an appearance during the evening.

So after our best-ever Olympic games of modern times, collect your flags just one more time, grab a cup of tea (or a beer) and celebrate what has been an epic summer for every single one of us.

00:16We hope you've enjoyed the last few hours, and of course, the whole Olympics adventure. Well done to all involved. Right, back to the football next weekend!

00:11Were you there? Were you watching at home? Let us know what you thought of the evening by dropping a comment below, as ever.

00:09It was always going to be tough to come anywhere close to topping Danny Boyle's opening ceremony, but I guess the closing show is never supposed to. I could moan for ages about the choice of artists and songs, but it was in general a decent spectacle.

00:08Well, all of a sudden, it is done. But we still have the Paralympics to come. I don't know about you, but the past two weeks or so have been great viewing, and have provided some brilliant sporting moments.

00:07Fireworks light up the sky, all the performers join the stage. Hazel Irvine carries on.

00:05A mini medley of Who classics, ended with 'My Generation' to close the whole night out.

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00:01Only joking, it is of course, The Who, as promised. 'Baba O'Riley' fills the stadium. Now where's Gary Sinise?

22:46I feel like a grumpy old git, but I just think there should only be artists that have been around for at least five years. We're gonna look back at this in years to come. I just hope Jessie J and Ed Sheeran will have survived a second album. If this was made in 2008, Duffy would be on stage.

22:43Expect his Greatest Hits compilation to rise a bit after this, that's my prediction. And a big octopus, what else.

21:51The 'Symphony of British Music'. The greatest five or six songs that we could think of, twice. Sorry for moaning, I'm still certain they pressed play on the wrong playlist.

21:49The French team showing their Step Up moves. We're getting treated to two more songs we've already heard again. Maybe they only paid the copyright for these songs. I'm going to predict 'Waterloo Sunset' will get a second go.

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21:47I'm sure there are hundreds of thousands of other songs they could have played here. Surely someone pressed the wrong button. A different Madness song, at least?

21:45Apparently we just haven't had enough of 'Our House'. Good deal for Suggs.

21:43I'm also worried that Elbow have been told to keep singing the chorus until the procession is done.

21:42Annoyingly, I always hear the Children in Need Peter Kay cartoon all-star thing version of this song now. I keep looking up expecting to see Postman Pat giving it some.

21:40If you wanted a cup of tea, by the way, this is most likely the best time to do it.

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21:38This had to be played, really. First we had 'Open Arms', and now 'One Day Like This'. Must be an amazing atmosphere in there.

21:37Quite powerful, happy stuff. All of the athletes and flags fill the stadium, colours galore. And the Ethiopians form a conga! It really is party time.

21:36Made me giggle. One athlete almost smacks his head on the camera. Whoops.

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